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Universal Combat CE cover art

Universal Combat CE

3000AD · 2015-02-06

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 06, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The ultimate space capital ship combat compendium is the evolution of hard core space combat sims. The only game of its kind currently in existence.

Universal Combat CE is a 2015 Action, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment based on 42% of 266 reviews.

0
playing now
42%
positive of 266 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 266 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.50 at GreenManGaming (2018-11-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220152026Week of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $14.992016-06-29 — best price $9.992016-12-29 — best price $4.992017-03-06 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $5.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992018-08-30 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992018-12-07 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $6.492019-08-08 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-09-09 — best price $9.992025-01-20 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-19 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller Support1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DIndieSpaceActionFlightSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategySpace Sim

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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